The moral of the cat and butterfly drama that often appears in China's ancient paintings is

The drama of cats and butterflies, which often appears in China's ancient paintings, means longevity.

"Cat Butterfly Play" is a traditional auspicious pattern in China, in which "Cat Butterfly" is homophonic with "octogenarian", who refers to very old people, so "Cat Butterfly Play" means "longevity".

The artistic form and style of Cat and Butterfly also reflect the interest of literati. Such a childlike theme frequently appears in China's ancient paintings, which is actually a kind of sustenance.

Cats and butterflies play together. Of course, the key point is that cats and butterflies are really cute, but more importantly, the homonym of "cats and butterflies" is "very old" and "very old" refers to very old people. The so-called "eighty or ninety years old" refers to eighty or ninety years old. Therefore, the real significance of the "Cat Butterfly Map" lies in its implication of longevity, hoping that the elderly at home will live a long life.

The appearance of cat and butterfly play in ancient paintings;

In the Five Dynasties, cats and butterflies mostly appeared as embellishments of the picture. For example, The Picture Axis of a Lady in the National Palace Museum in Taipei is now classified as the work of Zhou Wenju in the Five Dynasties. The cat in the painting belongs to the extremely precious "Indian Star Cat" among the lioness cats, snuggling at the feet of the lady, which does not echo the butterflies flying among the flowers.

In the Song Dynasty, there were more works about cats and butterflies. According to statistics, in Song Huizong's "Painting Spectrum of Xuanhe", there are 136 works with the word "cat" in the title, while only 1 works painted in "Cats and Butterflies * *", that is, 17 Volume "Cats with Butterflies". At this time, the works of cats and butterflies are mostly simple sketches and random combinations.

In Song Dynasty, cats were painted as "cats that catch mice" and "cats that don't catch mice", while cats in Cat Butterfly's works are mostly rare cats that don't catch mice.